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Abstract

The purposes of this research were to know whether hope mediates the effect of personality traits on adjustment. The participant were 85 young inmates in Juvenile Hall IIA Tangerang. Big Five Inventory (BFI), Adult’s Dispositional Hope Scale (ADHS) and Adjustment Scale were the instruments to measure the variables. Correlation and Regression Analysis were used to analyze the purpose of the research. The results showed that 1) hope failed to mediate association of personality and adjustment 2) aggreableness had influence to adjustment 3) openness had the highest contribution to hope 4) hope was positively related to adjustment. This study give a suggests for prison staff to give career counseling for inmates. The recommendation for next studies is using hope as a moderator variable